Metal clip for supporting plaster-boards.



W. 'C. EDWARDS, Jn. METAL CLIP FOR SUPPORTING PLASTER BOARDS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-26.19I7.

Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

INVENTOR WITNEEEEE fifll WILLIAM C. EDWARDS, JR, OF KANSAS CITY,MISSOURI.

METAL CLIP FDR SUPPORTING ELASTER-BQARDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented SeptS, 1%18.

, Application filed November 26,1917. Serial No. 203,912.

To all whom it/may concern:

Be it-known that I, WILLIAM C. Emvanns, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State ofMissouri; have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MetalClips for Supporting Plaster Boards, of which the followingisa'description, referringto the drawings, which form a part of thisspecification.

Thefinvention relates to the combination of plaster-boards with channelmembers in building construction, the principal objects oftheinvention'be'ing to provide metal "clips adapted to. engage channelmembers and terminal means carried by said clips for e11- gaging andsupporting plaster-boards in desired arrangement, for. both solidandhollow partitions and for suspended ce ling constructions.

Iii the drawings; Figure 1 is a' perspective view ofthe preferred. formof clip. Fig; 2 is a plan view ofa sheet metal blank from which theclipseen in: Fig. 1 is ,fabricated'. Fig.3"is a side view showing the clipas arrangedupon a channel supporting member for. solid partition orsuspended ceiling construction and plasterboards supported thereby.lgshowsa pair of clips arranged on .a channel member and plasterboardsin combination therewith for hollow partition construction. Fig. 5 is aperspective' ;view showing a modification of the clip seen in Fig.1.Fig. 6 illustrates in perspective the application of the clip seen inFig. 5 to suspended'ceiling. construction. Fig. 7 is a front viewshowing the clip seen in Fig. .5 engaging achannel .memben. Fig. 8 is aside "view of'Fig. 7 "with a plasterboard in combination therewith, Fig.9 is a half portion of the clip seen in Fig. 1 ar ranged to engage achannel adjacent a wall surface.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings. Referring to the drawings, in Fig. 2 a sheetmetal strip or blank 10 has its ends inwardly split for a distance alongthe central axis 11 leaving a central portion the full width of theblank. The blank 10 is folded or bent along the dotted lines 13, 13 14,1 1 15, 15 16, 16 17, 17 in a progressive manner so that a centralportion C included between 13, 13 is adapted to act as a base and engagethe outer face of a leg 18 of a intermediate: its ends since portions Schannel member 19 of suitable sectioiialarea for the uses intended.lfitwist the outer portions of the blank 10 a quarter turn each, inreverse directions, while the splitportions A and B at eitheron'dare'bent in opposite directions and at right angles to blank 10along 17. It will beobservecbthat the'rear edge 20'of the blank 10 asseenin Fig. 3 lies in a vertical planeto the point of bending 17, whilethe twisting brings the front edge21 of the blank 10 into the form of aU-yoke 21 21, 21 The v shaped portions of the blank included between thebends 15 and 16 each become an overhanging shoulders adapted to act as abacking supp ort'tor a plaster-board. The rectangular portions Tincluded be.- tween'the bends 16, 17 are each of width equivalent to thethickness of a plasterboard and the split end portions A and Bconstitute plaster-board retaining means.

In the clip seen in Fig. 5 the splitting 11 is omitted and the fullwidth of the blank at its ends is bent as at B in the clip seen inFig.1'; this type of clip is used for suspended ceilings and as the base andtop clips employed in partition constructions.

The yoke clip seen inFigs. 1 and 3 is placed in'position around achannel 19 and is then in position to engage the plasterboards; theportions A, A are best adapted to engage. and support a plasterboard Pin that position the channel itself will provide a backing support" forthe plasterboard; while the portions B, B are best adapted to engage thecorners of abutting plaster-board, the V'- lying parallel to the base Cin a plane flush with the outer face of the channel. leg l8 serve asbacking supports for the plasterboards. The type of clip seen in Figs.5, 6, 7 and 8 is adapted. to support both centers and corner edges of aplasterboard but this construction requires a pair of clips arranged asin Fig. 6, while only one clip is required of the type seen in Fig. 1.In suspended ceiling work where heavy plaster coatings and wide spansbetween channel supports occur, the plaster-board is preferably madethicker than in partition construction and the paired clips seen in Fig.6 of the type seen in Fig. 5 are most suitable as they give more steelsupporting area than the type seen in Fig. 1. The latter type however isless expensive to employ The bends 141,15 and a type seen in Fig. 1would be yoked around said channels so that the flanges 13 would beadapted to engage the opposite corners of said plaster-board, theerection of the partition being progressively carried on by staggeringthe boards over the faces of the channels so that vertical joints arebroken,

as will be understood by reference to Fig. 3

which shows the central portion of a plasterboard P engaged by A, A.while a corner of a second plaster-board P is engaged. by the backflange B leaving the front flange B ready to secure the corner of athird plasterboard when inserted within 13, T and S. This method ofconstruction is also used in suspended ceilings, the channel membersbeing suspended from supports above in the Well understood manner.

Fig. 6 illustrates suspended ceiling construction employing the clipseen in Fig. 5. Rod hangers R anchored in overhead supports such asfloor or roof engage around horizontal runner channels H, and a seriesof channels 19 are properly attached to members H by wiring or othermeans as at 22. The paired clips are yoked over the channels 19 andengage plaster-boards P as illustrated.

Fig. 4 shows the paired clips of Fig. 1 reversed in position upon achannel and supporting plasterboards thereto in the manner as describedconcerning Fig. 3, this giving a hollow partition construction with stud19 vertical joints broken on opposite sides of the partition.

In Fig. 9 a half portion of the clip seen in Fig. 1 engages a channeladapted for supporting plaster-boards adjacent walls and corners, thehook C being a continuation of C bent down at right angles thereto asseen.

Such other modifications may be employed as lie within the scope of theappended claims. y 3

Having fully described my invention What I now claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A clip for supporting plaster-boards in building constructioncomprising a yoke shaped metallic member having a central base portionintermediate paired outer side members, each of said side portionsbeingtwisted a quarter turn, said twist starting adjacent to said baseportion and terminating in an overhanging shoulderportion ly ing in aplane parallel to the said. base portion; and one ormore terminalsupports integrally connected-to said shoulder portion by anintermediateportion of Width equivalent to the thickness of a plaster-board.

2. In a building structure, in combination, a beam and a metallic clip,said clip having a base portion intermediate paired outer side portionsand forming a yoke shaped structure adapted to straddle said beam, eachof said side portions being twisted a quarter turn, said twist startingadjacent to said base portion and terminating in an overhangin gshoulder portion parallel to but spaced apart from said base portion adistance equal to the depth of said beamjand one or more terminal meansattached to said shoulder portion and adapted to secure plaster-boardsin position substantially yas specified. i Y

WILLIAM G. EDWARDS); JR. Witnesses i RoB'r. L. V H. L. ISRAEL.

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